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Flávia Oliveira (journalist)
Flávia Oliveira da Fraga (born 1969) is an Afro-Brazilians, Afro-Brazilian journalist who specialises in socioeconomic and financial matters with a particular attention to issues such as poverty, human development and social inequality. She has won many awards for her journalism. Early life and education Flávia Oliveira was born on 2 August 1969 and raised by Ana Lúcia from Bahia state, in the Irajá neighbourhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Her father left the home when she was seven and she would then live alone with her mother until she was 22. She studied statistics at the (ENCE) and in 1992 graduated in journalism from the Institute of Arts and Social Communication (IACS) at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), a distance of 45 kilometers from Irajá, which she partially covered by boat. She interned at a suburban newspaper in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro. Career Oliveira began her career in 1992, as a reporter for the now-defunct ''Jornal do Commercio' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irajá
Irajá is a neighborhood of middle class and lower middle in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The neighborhood is divided by Brazil Avenue. Today it is a neighborhood of medium size, with a little more than 200,000 inhabitants. It borders the neighborhoods of Brás de Pina, Vila da Penha, Vicente de Carvalho, Vaz Lobo, Turiaçu, Rocha Miranda, Colégio, Coelho Neto, Acari, Pavuna, Parque Colúmbia, Jardim América, Vigário Geral, Parada de Lucas, Cordovil and Vista Alegre. Its human development index, in the year 2000, was 0.798, the 95th best in the city of Rio de Janeiro. History The word "irajá," said Teodoro Fernandes Sampaio, considered the outstanding Brazilian knowledgeable of Indian Affairs, author of Tupi in the national geography is "honey flows." It is sometimes referred to by the native population as "Mudur." The neighborhood had its origins in the biggest portuguese land grant of Rio de Janeiro, which included Benfica, Anchieta, and Campo Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |